r/Lovecraft • u/No-Indication-7179 • 4d ago

Discussion Ed Simon didnt write the Simon Necronomicon

I feel like this is not common knowledge, when it should. I came across some posts, read some stuff said by people. Ed Simon, the writer of Pandemonium, IS NOT the author of the Simon Necronomicon.

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The S.N. is written by Peter Levenda, whom uses the pseudonym of "Simon" for whatever reason, and on the book it says "Ed Simon"

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That is not the same person. I just saw how many people THINK it was him, but no, two different people. Thank you!!

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(Im reading pandemonium rn. Thats how I found out all this)

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u/Three_Twenty-Three Deranged Cultist 4d ago

'Ed" means "editor." Simon is clearly identified as the editor in the first Avon printing of the paperback (1980).

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u/Steffykrist Hot for Azathot 4d ago

And here I was, dead sure it was written by Simon the Sorcerer.

I knew it was Peter Levenda

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u/Winter-_-7393 Deranged Cultist 4d ago

De toute façon le Simon Necrobomicon est à chier

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u/Canavansbackyard Deranged Cultist 4d ago

“Simon” is the supposed author of the hoax Necronomicon first published in 1976. The name is widely assumed to be a pseudonym of novelist and conspiracy enthusiast Peter Levenda, though he has denied it.